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Society of the Dead: Quita Manaquita and Palo Praise in Cuba

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Divinity Atlas. "Society of the Dead: Quita Manaquita and Palo Praise in Cuba." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/society-of-the-dead-quita-manaquita-and-palo-praise-in-cuba.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Society of the Dead: Quita Manaquita and Palo Praise in Cuba. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/society-of-the-dead-quita-manaquita-and-palo-praise-in-cuba

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  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Society of the Dead: Quita Manaquita and Palo Praise in Cuba},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/society-of-the-dead-quita-manaquita-and-palo-praise-in-cuba},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Todd Ramon Ochoa is an anthropologist, and this academic book, published by University of California Press, is an ethnography of Palo, the Afro-Cuban religious tradition centered on communion with the dead, based on Ochoa's own extended fieldwork and initiation within Cuban Palo communities. Its strength is deep, sustained ethnographic immersion, letting Ochoa describe Palo cosmology and practice from close direct engagement rather than from outside observation alone. Its limit is that Palo, like other living Afro-Cuban traditions, varies across different houses and lineages, and Ochoa's account reflects the specific practitioners and communities he worked with rather than a single standardized version of the tradition.

Facts

Assessment

Reliability Tier

Todd Ramon Ochoa's ethnography of Palo in Cuba, written with named practitioner teachers and against the sensationalist literature on the tradition.

Notes

Ethnography of Palo in Cuba written with named practitioner teachers and against the sensationalist literature.

Citation

Author

Todd Ramon Ochoa

Publisher

University of California Press

Publication Year

2010

Source Type

Monograph

Claims Backed By This Source (75 claims)

This source backs 75 claims across the atlas. As facts: 55 well-attested. As cited relationships: 8 holds, 1 connected. Plus 11 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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Articles, 15 claims: 12 well-attested, 1 connected, 2 general references.
Denominations, 15 claims: 12 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
Religions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Subcategories, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
Religious Roles & Titles, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
Beliefs & Restrictions, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
Doctrines, 4 claims: 2 holds, 2 general references.